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Smoke in parking garage caused by used extinguisher

Heard on: El Paso CO Fire-Tac Group Calls
02:47
00:00
Engine One arrived.
audio iconFire & Arson
S Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
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Fire crews responded to reports of heavy smoke in a parking garage near South Cascade Avenue by a bank building. Units searched the garage and found light smoke on one level but no active fire. They then located a used fire extinguisher in the area and determined the smoke was from the discharged extinguisher, not from a fire. Other responding units and medical crews were canceled once the cause was confirmed.

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